Attractive Early Bust

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1087. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $1050. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Clodius Albinus. As Caesar, AD 193-195. AR Denarius (3.40 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 193. Bare head right / Providentia standing left, holding wand over globe and scepter. RIC IV 1a; RSC 58. EF, wonderful, old, gold-gray cabinet toning, small flan crack. Rare early bust.

A first issue denarius for Albinus.